mangrove swamp

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a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.

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First recorded in 1850–55

Without any evidence or provocation, she attacks Swamp Thing—and then gets beaten in the only fight she has in the issue.
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When the pioneers reached Toledo it was called “Frogtown” because the place was a swamp.
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Yeager took the photo while balancing on a raft in a muddy Jamaican swamp.
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A native brought news that a collector and his wife were hiding in a swamp near the road.
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Two companies deployed over a swamp and went along the beach under cover of the Utah Battery.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
The swamp is more easily accessible from Virginia than from North Carolina.
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In the campaign in Holland last war, a party marching through a swamp, was ordered to form two deep.
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